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Record ID: BERK-C47DC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded contemporary copy of a Roman sestertius, having an iron core that may have been plated with copper alloy. Hardly any design can be discerned however part of the hair of the right facing bust may be seen - the style of the hair suggests that this is coin is copying an issue of the Antonine emperors, possibly Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus or Septimius Severus, with a date range of c. AD 138- AD 211. The iron is flaking in places, and no copper alloy survives.
Only a very small number of iron copies have been recorded by the PAS, most are copies of den…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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